Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 172, Heifers 134, Bulls 36)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $244.17/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −219.97 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$244.17

36 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,330

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$351

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$56.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.17

vs VA average

−50.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	264.70	1,456	20
Medium and Large 2	566	247.53	1,401	4thin
Small 1	527	210.00	1,107	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	531	208.00	1,104	7thin

One grade step is worth $56.70/cwt here — about $351 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $503.18, low $394.61, median $464.14 across 27 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale36 hd

244.17

—

VA average9 barns · 547 hd

259.34

−15.17

National average177 barns · 23,944 hd

294.31

−50.14

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−219.97

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

66 lots · USDA AMS · Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Radiant, VA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	493	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,035	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	500–550	531	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,104	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	900–950	923	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,292	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	205.83/cwt	145.00–255.00	741	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,070	1
Steers	Small 1	850–900	850	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,403	1
Steers	Small 1	700–750	715	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,073	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	527	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,107	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	825	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,444	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	264.70/cwt	259.00–265.00	1,456	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,561	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,299	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,040	3
Steers	Large 1-2	850–900	880	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,364	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,674	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,335	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,131	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	961	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	637	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,522	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,295	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	958	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,060	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	840	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,873	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	660	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,650	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	763	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,373	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	247.53/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,401	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,453	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	755	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,246	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,097	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,344	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	978	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	718	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	450	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	709	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	563	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	999	2
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	635	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,016	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,164	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,452	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	740	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	979	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,147	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	400–450	420	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	525	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	500–550	545	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	954	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	638	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	228.35/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,295	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,316	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	520	188.07/cwt	170.00–197.50	978	3
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	335	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	586	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	640	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,104	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	703	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,490	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	687	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,477	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,305	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	224.80/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,468	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	231.92/cwt	217.50–240.50	1,095	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	240.60/cwt	235.00–242.00	1,157	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,529	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	215.78/cwt	192.50–228.00	1,217	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	731	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	869	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,150	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	400–450	420	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	609	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	223.21/cwt	177.50–233.00	940	7
Steers	Small 1	450–500	490	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,078	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,720	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	852	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,960	45

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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